A synthesis and review of the geological evidence for palaeotsunamis along the coast of southeast Australia: The evidence, issues and potential ways forward

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-125

  Courtney, Claire ^a   Dominey Howes, Dale ^a   Goff, James ^a   Chagué Goff, Catherine ^a,b   Switzer, Adam D ^c,d   McFadgen, Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Geomorphology; Holocene; Palaeotsunami; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CRITICAL REVIEW; EXTREME EVENTS; GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; HOLOCENES; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PALAEOTSUNAMI; RADIOCARBON DATA; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECALIBRATIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI INUNDATION;

DEPOSITS; EROSION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOFLOOD; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867696914     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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